hello :)

so i am starting to love this city more and more. we had orientation for school today (boring), but after that we ate at this great little restaurant and climbed a huge hill to see a great view of florence and the sunset. it was amazing! for dinner i decided to be adventurous, and i had pear pasta with asparagus sauce (thanks to catherine finn!)...at first i was a bit hesitant, because really, who eats pear pasta? but it was soo good! i also found another italian favorite...truffle sauce. its really good. we did some grocery shopping at the fresh food market today...a little scary to buy meat there. a lot of it still has the head attatched and stuff. yuck.

tomorrow we are heading to viareggio, the beach. we are going by train, and im a little nervous! ive never been on a train before. im sure it will be fine though. hopefully it will be warm and sunny! thats not been a problem so far...

dont worry, im still eating plenty of gelato!

xoxoxoxo

emily

a view of the city from "michaelangelos point"

another view of the city...the big round cathedral in the middle is the duomo